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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8990 

To require the publication of data sets regarding firearm trace data. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2024 

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. FROST, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. GOLDMAN of New York) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the publication of data sets regarding firearm 

trace data. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ATF Data and Anti5 Trafficking Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘ATF DATA Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIRING THE PUBLICATION OF DATA SETS RE7 GARDING FIREARM TRACE DATA. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than 

10 annually thereafter, the Attorney General, through the 


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1 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (in 

2 this section referred to as the ‘‘Bureau’’), shall submit to 

3 the Congress and make available to the public through 

4 electronic means a report that contains, at a minimum, 

5 the following information with respect to the then most 

6 recently completed calendar year (in this section referred 

7 to as the ‘‘period’’) for which data is available: 

8 (1) Aggregated firearm trace data collected by 

9 the Bureau during the period, disaggregated by the 

10 license type of the source licensee. 

11 (2) A list of the 200 source licensees to whom 

12 the highest number of firearms were traced during 

13 the period, including— 

14 (A) the aggregate number of firearms 

15 traced to each such licensee, disaggregated by 

16 handguns, rifles, and shotguns; 

17 (B) the cities from which the firearms were 

18 recovered; 

19 (C) the average time-to-crime of the fire20 arms traced to each such licensee; 

21 (D) the categories (determined by the At22 torney General) of crimes committed with the 

23 firearms traced to each such licensee, if such 

24 information is available; 


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1 (E) the number of traced firearms trans2 ferred by each licensee in any multiple sale; and 

3 (F) the number of firearms traced to each 

4 licensee that the licensee reported, pursuant to 

5 section 923(g)(6) of title 18, United States 

6 Code, as lost or stolen. 

7 (3) Aggregated data for the period on— 

8 (A) the distribution among source licensees 

9 of the following, disaggregated by licensee type, 

10 by total number, by percentage, and by source 

11 State— 

12 (i) 0 or more traced firearms; 

13 (ii) 1 or more traced firearms; 

14 (iii) 2 or more traced firearms; 

15 (iv) 5 or more traced firearms; 

16 (v) 10 or more traced firearms; 

17 (vi) 25 or more traced firearms; and 

18 (vii) 50 or more traced firearms; and 

19 (B) the number of source licensees with 

20 any firearms traces, disaggregated by State. 

21 (4) Aggregated firearm trace data for the pe22 riod, disaggregated by the 50 Metropolitan Statis23 tical Areas with the highest overall homicide rates 

24 (as determined by the Attorney General) for the pe25 riod and by the 50 such areas with the highest per 


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1 capita homicide rates (as so determined) for the pe2 riod, as listed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

3 report, entitled ‘‘Crime in the U.S.’’, covering the 

4 period or other national crime data used by the Bu5 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

6 for the period, including— 

7 (A) the total number of firearms recovered; 

8 (B) the number and percentage of firearms 

9 recovered from the 10 source States where the 

10 10 greatest numbers of initial retail sales of the 

11 firearms occurred; 

12 (C) the 20 source licensees who made the 

13 20 greatest numbers of initial retail sales of the 

14 firearms recovered; 

15 (D) the number of recovered firearms 

16 traced to each of the 20 licensees referred to in 

17 subparagraph (C), further disaggregated by— 

18 (i) the average time-to-crime for the 

19 firearms traced to the licensee; and 

20 (ii) the number of firearms traced to 

21 the licensee with respect to which the time22 to-crime was less than 3 years; 

23 (E) the identities of the Federal, State, or 

24 local government agency that recovered the fire25 arms; 


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1 (F) the types of firearms recovered; and 

2 (G) the total number of recovered firearms 

3 with a time-to-crime of— 

4 (i) less than 3 years; 

5 (ii) less than 2 years; and 

6 (iii) less than 1 year. 

7 (5) Data, aggregated by State, related to the 

8 types of firearms traced during the period, includ9 ing— 

10 (A) the category (as determined by the At11 torney General) of crime leading to recovery, 

12 where the information is available; 

13 (B) the 10 manufacturers who made the 

14 10 greatest numbers of the firearms, the fire15 arm models of the 10 greatest number of the 

16 firearms, the 10 most recovered finishes or col17 ors of the firearms, and the 10 most recovered 

18 barrel lengths of the firearms; and 

19 (C) the average time-to-crime for each sub20 category (as determined by the Attorney Gen21 eral) of crime committed with the firearms. 

22 (6) The number of traced firearms sold as part 

23 of a multiple sale recovered during the period, 

24 disaggregated by State and by— 

25 (A) the number of— 


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1 (i) handguns; and 

2 (ii) rifles the source State of which re3 quires the reporting of rifle sales that are 

4 part of a multiple sale of rifles; 

5 (B) the average time-to-crime for the fire6 arms; and 

7 (C) the percentage of the firearms recov8 ered in the State in which initially purchased. 

9 (7) The following data on traced firearms deter10 mined to have been lost by or stolen from a licensee 

11 during the period, disaggregated by State: 

12 (A) The number of the firearms, further 

13 disaggregated by licensee type. 

14 (B) The number of the firearms, further 

15 disaggregated by average time-to-crime. 

16 (C) The percentage of the firearms not re17 ported by licensees as lost or stolen before the 

18 date of the trace request for the firearm in19 volved. 

20 (D) The percentage of the firearms recov21 ered in the State in which the business prem22 ises from which the source licensee conducts 

23 business subject to the license is located. 


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1 (E) The number of licensees who have had 

2 2 or more firearms lost or stolen in the 5 years 

3 preceding the period. 

4 (F) The number of firearms lost or stolen 

5 from licensees referred to in subparagraph (E). 

6 (G) The number of reports of lost or stolen 

7 firearms filed by licensees referred to in sub8 paragraph (E). 

9 (H) The number of incidents of theft or 

10 lost referred to in subparagraph (E) reported 

11 by licensees before the date of the trace request 

12 for the firearm involved. 

13 (8) The total number of privately made fire14 arms recovered during the period, disaggregated 

15 by— 

16 (A) the State in which the firearm was re17 covered; 

18 (B) the type of firearm; and 

19 (C) the firearm brand, if known. 

20 (9) A list, disaggregated by whole number and 

21 by per capita, of— 

22 (A) the 50 law enforcement agencies in the 

23 United States that requested the greatest num24 ber of firearm traces during the period; and 


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1 (B) the 10 law enforcement agencies in the 

2 United States that requested the greatest num3 ber of traces per State during the period. 

4 (10) The aggregate number of traces during the 

5 period of firearms with serial numbers engraved or 

6 cast on the receiver or frame of the firearm in ac7 cordance with section 923(i) of such title that were 

8 recovered in a foreign country and submitted to the 

9 Bureau for tracing, disaggregated by— 

10 (A) the foreign country in which recovered; 

11 (B) the number and percentage that were 

12 originally purchased in the United States; 

13 (C) the average time-to-crime for the fire14 arms; 

15 (D) the number of firearms sold as part of 

16 a multiple sale; and 

17 (E) the type of firearm. 

18 (11) An overview and analysis of— 

19 (A) firearms trafficking patterns in the 

20 United States; 

21 (B) firearms trafficking investigations un22 dertaken by the Department of Justice, includ23 ing at a minimum— 


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1 (i) the number of firearms diverted 

2 from legal to illegal commerce by the tar3 gets of firearms trafficking investigations; 

4 (ii) a description of how the traf5 ficking investigations were initiated, in6 cluding the number and percentage that 

7 were initiated through— 

8 (I) multiple sales records; 

9 (II) crime gun trace data anal10 ysis; 

11 (III) inspections of licensees; or 

12 (IV) licensee reporting of lost or 

13 stolen firearms; 

14 (iii) the number and percentage of 

15 firearms trafficking investigations in which 

16 youth and juveniles were involved as pos17 sessors, straw purchasers, thieves, robbers, 

18 or traffickers; 

19 (iv) a description of the crimes fire20 arms traffickers were charged with, and 

21 convicted of, and the number and percent22 age of investigations and defendants that 

23 involved those crimes; and 


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1 (v) a breakdown by State of the num2 ber and percentage of firearms trafficking 

3 investigations; and 

4 (C) the role of sales by unlicensed individ5 uals or entities in firearms trafficking, includ6 ing sales facilitated— 

7 (i) at gun shows; or 

8 (ii) through online forums. 

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) The terms ‘‘firearm’’, ‘‘importer’’, ‘‘manu11 facturer’’, ‘‘licensed manufacturer’’, ‘‘dealer’’, 

12 ‘‘handgun’’, ‘‘rifle’’, and ‘‘shotgun’’ have the mean13 ings provided the terms, respectively, in section 

14 921(a) of title 18, United States Code. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘time-to-crime’’ means, with re16 spect to a firearm, the length of time between the 

17 date of the initial retail sale of the firearm and the 

18 date of the trace request for the firearm. 

19 (3) The term ‘‘multiple sale’’ means the sale or 

20 other disposition of 2 or more firearms at one time, 

21 or within 5 consecutive business days, that is re22 quired by law to be reported to the Attorney Gen23 eral. 

24 (4) The term ‘‘source licensee’’ means, with re25 spect to a firearm, the person licensed under chapter 


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1 44 of title 18, United States Code, who made the 

2 initial sale of the firearm to an unlicensed person. 

3 (5) The term ‘‘source State’’ means, with re4 spect to a firearm, the State or other territory of the 

5 United States where the initial retail sale of the fire6 arm occurred. 

7 (6) The term ‘‘privately made firearm’’ means 

8 a firearm that— 

9 (A) is assembled or otherwise made by a 

10 person other than a licensed manufacturer; and 

11 (B) is not identified by means of a serial 

12 number or other mark engraved or cast on the 

13 receiver or frame by a licensed manufacturer or 

14 licensed dealer. 

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